The Killer

The Killer 1972

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Chiao Tzu Wei hires a killer under the premise that the local government (run by the local kung fu school) is corrupt and extorting the people of the town. The killer happens to be Hsieh Chun (aka Hsiao Hu) who left town ten years ago. (When Hsieh Chun opens up a suitcase full of knives, you know that there is going to be tons of killing!). Thinking that the local kung fu school is bad, he goes over there to fight them. There is some reuniting of lost friends and some love between two of them. The bad guys are constantly double crossing everyone and this leads to total mayhem and carnage. The final fight scene (which is actually several fight scenes going from one to the next) is incredible, especially the blood soaked finale between the evil Japanese leader of the opium ring and the two brothers.

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4.05 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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zhuǎn gào to pass on; to communicate; to transmit HSK 4
to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from HSK 4
xiāng zi suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk HSK 4
jade HSK 4
jìng zi mirror HSK 4
dān bǎo to guarantee; to vouch for HSK 4
huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
jiāng river HSK 4
shì xiān in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
yǎnli In the eyes HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson HSK 4
to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4
duì fu to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope; to despair HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
怀 huái to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence HSK 4
tóu to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
zhǐ address HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
gēn according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
zhèng government HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4